20 Million Miles To Earth finds William Hopper, very shortly to be Paul Drake in Perry Mason, the one lone human survivor from a trip to Venus. Arthur Space dies shortly after the return and a little creature from Venus hatches from an egg they brought back. Everybody else on the expedition died there and before we go again, we want to see just what makes Venusian life survive.
William Hopper says the creature is docile, but its actions are anything but docile. In fact it's never really given a name, but he's mean and ugly reptilian type animal, one of the best that the fertile mind of Ray Harryhausen ever designed.
Unfortunately the story that came with the creature from 20 Million Miles To Earth didn't survive the voyage as well as the monster did. The science here wasn't the least plausible, it all being explained that the normal laws don't apply to Venusian creatures. Especially when they grow real fast in our atmosphere. Maybe he's got some built in steroids.
The ship crash lands in Sicily and the final confrontation with the lizard from Venus takes place at Rome's Colosseum. What Emperor Nero and the gang back then would have paid to see a few of his best gladiators take on this guy.
William Hopper says the creature is docile, but its actions are anything but docile. In fact it's never really given a name, but he's mean and ugly reptilian type animal, one of the best that the fertile mind of Ray Harryhausen ever designed.
Unfortunately the story that came with the creature from 20 Million Miles To Earth didn't survive the voyage as well as the monster did. The science here wasn't the least plausible, it all being explained that the normal laws don't apply to Venusian creatures. Especially when they grow real fast in our atmosphere. Maybe he's got some built in steroids.
The ship crash lands in Sicily and the final confrontation with the lizard from Venus takes place at Rome's Colosseum. What Emperor Nero and the gang back then would have paid to see a few of his best gladiators take on this guy.